Perinatal outcome and change in body mass index in mothers of dichorionic twins: A longitudinal cohort study

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-223

  Simões, Teresinha ^a   Cordeiro, Alexandra ^a   Júlio, Catarina ^a   Reis, José ^a   Dias, Elsa ^a   Blickstein, Isaac ^b,c  

^a Department of Maternal fetal Medicine and Neonatology ^*  (Portugal)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PARITY; PORTUGAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 41949120903     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.11.2.219     Document Type: Article

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